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Amaury Frankl

Amaury Frankl

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4921
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7238
National Ranking
49

Overview

Amaury Frankl is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Frankl's research concentrated heavily on soil erosion and sediment transport, featuring prominently in 42 publications. Additional topics explored include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Aeolian processes and effects, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

They have published papers in several reputable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Land Degradation and Development
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecological Indicators

Among their recent publications are:

  • Gully prevention and control: Techniques, failures and effectiveness, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Talus slope geomorphology investigated at multiple time scales from high-resolution topographic surveys and historical aerial photographs (Sanetsch Pass, Switzerland), 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Consolidated sediment budget of Lake Tana, Ethiopia (2012-2016), 2020, Geomorphology
  • Improving the design and implementation of sediment fingerprinting studies: summary and outcomes of the TRACING 2021 Scientific School, 2022, Journal of Soils and Sediments
  • Timing, volume and precursory indicators of rock- and cliff fall on a permafrost mountain ridge (Mattertal, Switzerland), 2022, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Amaury Frankl has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Jan Nyssen, Enyew Adgo, Jean Poesen, Philippe De Maeyer, and Hanibal Lemma, contributing to advancing knowledge across their research domains.

Best Publications

  • How fast do gully headcuts retreat

    Matthias Vanmaercke;Matthias Vanmaercke;Jean Poesen;Bert Van Mele;Matthias Demuzere;Matthias Demuzere

  • Comparing bias correction methods used in downscaling precipitation and temperature from regional climate models : a case study from the Kaidu River Basin in Western China

    Min Luo;Tie Liu;Fanhao Meng;Yongchao Duan

  • Gully head retreat rates in the semi-arid highlands of Northern Ethiopia

    Amaury Frankl;Jean Poesen;Jozef Deckers;Mitiku Haile

  • Desertification? Northern Ethiopia re-photographed after 140 years.

    Jan Nyssen;Mitiku Haile;Jozef Naudts;Neil Munro

  • Linking long-term gully and river channel dynamics to environmental change using repeat photography (Northern Ethiopia)

    Amaury Frankl;Jan Nyssen;Morgan De Dapper;Mitiku Haile

  • Detailed recording of gully morphology in 3D through image-based modelling

    Amaury Frankl;Cornelis Stal;Amanuel Abraha;Jan Nyssen

  • Impact of deforestation on soil fertility, soil carbon and nitrogen stocks : the case of the Gacheb catchment in the White Nile Basin, Ethiopia

    Henok Kassa;Henok Kassa;Stefaan Dondeyne;Jean Poesen;Amaury Frankl

  • Transition from forest-based to cereal-based agricultural systems : a review of the drivers of land use change and degradation in Southwest Ethiopia

    Henok Kassa;Henok Kassa;Stefaan Dondeyne;Jean Poesen;Amaury Frankl

  • Quantifying long-term changes in gully networks and volumes in dryland environments: The case of Northern Ethiopia

    Amaury Frankl;Jean Poesen;Mitiku Haile;Jozef Deckers

  • Environmental conditions and human drivers for changes to north Ethiopian mountain landscapes over 145 years

    Jan Nyssen;Amaury Frankl;Mitiku Haile;Hans Hurni

  • Identifying climate change impacts on water resources in Xinjiang, China.

    Min Luo;Tie Liu;Fanhao Meng;Yongchao Duan

  • Factors controlling the morphology and volume (V)–length (L) relations of permanent gullies in the northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Amaury Frankl;Jean Poesen;Nelles Scholiers;Miró Jacob

  • Integrated Solutions for Combating Gully Erosion in Areas Prone to Soil Piping: Innovations from the Drylands of Northern Ethiopia

    Amaury Frankl;Jozef Deckers;Lys Moulaert;Alexander Van Damme

  • Land Management in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands: Local and Global Perspectives; Past, Present and Future

    Jan Nyssen;Amaury Frankl;Amanuel Zenebe;Jozef Deckers

  • Geomorphology of the Lake Tana basin, Ethiopia

    Ludwin Poppe;Amaury Frankl;Jean Poesen;Teshager Admasu

  • Historical landscape photographs for calibration of Landsat land use/cover in the northern Ethiopian highlands

    S. de Mûelenaere;A. Frankl;M. Haile;J. Poesen

  • Effects of check dams on runoff characteristics along gully reaches, the case of Northern Ethiopia

    Etefa Guyassa;Etefa Guyassa;Amaury Frankl;Amanuel Zenebe;Jean Poesen

  • Effects of region-wide soil and water conservation in semi-arid areas: the case of northern Ethiopia

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Katrien Descheemaeker;Nigussie Haregeweyn

  • Gully prevention and control: Techniques, failures and effectiveness

    Amaury Frankl;Amaury Frankl;Jan Nyssen;Matthias Vanmaercke;Jean Poesen;Jean Poesen

  • Identifying erosion hotspots in Lake Tana Basin from a multisite Soil and Water Assessment Tool validation : opportunity for land managers

    Hanibal Lemma;Hanibal Lemma;Amaury Frankl;Amaury Frankl;Ann van Griensven;Jean Poesen

  • Transferring Google Earth observations to GIS-software: example from gully erosion study

    Amaury Frankl;Ann Zwertvaegher;Jean Poesen;Jan Nyssen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Mitiku Haile
Mitiku Haile Mekelle University
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Jan Moeyersons
Jan Moeyersons Royal Museum for Central Africa
Hans Beeckman
Hans Beeckman Royal Museum for Central Africa
Reynald Delaloye
Reynald Delaloye University of Fribourg
Nigussie Haregeweyn
Nigussie Haregeweyn Tottori University
Derege Tsegaye Meshesha
Derege Tsegaye Meshesha Bahir Dar University
Kristine Walraevens
Kristine Walraevens Ghent University

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